Author: James Saunders

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard which describes the protocols and digital interface to control electronic music instruments, recording equipment, drum machines and lights. First

Much like its predecessor the Hive Nano v2 is simple but sleek in design, its casing is slightly larger at 9.5 x 9.5 x 2.5cm. The hub has

The 1st generation Hive hub (Nano v1) is simple in design but yet packs a plethora of features into its surprisingly small package. The 7.5 x 7.5 x

Since finding out that Hive have restricted their older ‘Smart’ plug from being remotely switched on/off, it become a mini obsession of mine to prove that the plug

I have already written a short post about Hive’s v5 API in which I document some V5’s basic calls including temperature control. In this post I document the

For anyone looking for the newer v6 API see here. Documentation of an API for the Hive platform is somewhat elusive, but this is not because of lack

I recently upgraded my heating control to the 2nd Generation Hive Active Heating Thermostat. To ensure complete Zigbee wireless coverage throughout my house I wanted to add a

We have recently had out bathroom re-decorated, while doing this I wanted to replace the old pull cord light switch for something newer. Instinct first led me to

I have recently upgraded my remote heating setup from Horstmann Z-Wave thermostat to the Hive Zigbee Thermostat (2nd Generation). The Hive Active Heating system is an innovation of

Taking my previous Modbus Python Script further I wanted to extend my Python script to read multiple Modbus Registers from my 4-Noks Modbus TCP/IP Zigbee gateway. The following